Several people have asked who exactly Fair Trade Sports, Inc is now. We are a small group of folks* from around the globe committed to fighting poverty through business. And doing so in a transparent and authentic way.

In addition to the founders (my wife Susan and myself on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle), the team bringing you Fair Trade Sports consists of:

• Shahzad and his manufacturing team in Pakistan
• Dr. Martin Kunz, our "professor" in the UK
• Kevin, our import/customs expert in Boston
• Pat, Jim, Jessica, and Joanna, leading a diligent warehousing/fulfillment team from Seattle
• Mike and Manesh, our technology guys in Dallas who lead our IT team
• Fred, who sits with us here on Bainbridge Island providing high-level IT support
• Anil and Guru, who sit in India and write much better code than me
• Mike, who provides web services integration from Canada
• Violet and Kathie, who dispense accounting wisdom from Seattle
• Skip and Andy, who provide legal counsel and witty commentary from downtown Seattle
• Tripp, Kelli, and the rest of our dedicated sales reps around North America

And of course, you, our valued customer and community member.

* like a Japanese keiretsu…a network of free agents, freelancers, sole proprietors, and subject matter experts working from within larger companies.